Lobachevsky Medal — (Lobachevsky International Prize) is a medal awarded by Kazan State University in honor of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, who was a professor there. The medal was established in 1896 and first awarded in 1897. It became a prize of the Russian… … Wikipedia

Lobachevsky , Nikolai Ivanovich — (1793–1856) Russian mathematician Lobachevsky was born at Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. Throughout his life he was associated with the University of Kazan; he was a student there and held various posts, including the chair in mathematics and finally … Scientists

Lobachevsky, Nikolay (Ivanovich) — born , Dec. 1, 1792, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia died Feb. 24, 1856, Kazan Russian mathematician. His entire life centred around the University of Kazan, where he studied and later (from 1816) taught. In 1829 he published his groundbreaking theory, a … Universalium